It was first shown on TV in 1956 when I was nine. I may have seen that showing though I'm not certain. Between 1959 and 1991, it was an annual event on broadcast TV and I saw several of those showings. I now own it on DVD and have watched it multiple times from the comfort of my own recliner. In Evansville, my attempt to capture the "open the door to color" moment didn't turn out so great but I had a little better luck with the "horse of a different color". Both of those scenes loom large in my relationship with the movie.

My family did not own a color TV and all of those childhood viewings were in black & white. Around 1967, my wife's grandmother bought a new TV and we became the owners of her big (19"?) color console with Space Command remote control. When "The Wizard of Oz" made its annual appearance, I was ready. I knew that the movie switched from B&W to color and think I even knew when. I wasn't exactly surprised when that door opened though I sure was impressed. I was, however, completely surprised by the "horse of a different color" scene. I had never seen the horse as anything other than grey and no one had bothered to tell me about it. I'm still highly amused when I see the horse change color. By the way, four different colored horses were used during the filming as changing the color of a single horse was too time consuming.